‘I had to fulfil my responsibility’: Fauci on his career, Covid and stepping down

America's top health official, a cult figure for millions, has advised seven US presidents - but will he speak freely about Trump's response to coronavirus?

Dr Anthony Fauci speaks to the Guardian via Zoom a couple of hours before his leaving do, marking the end of a 54-year career at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

That's going to be done according to all public health guidelines," America's top public health official, wearing dark suit, blue shirt and blue-and-white polka dot tie, is quick to add. People with masks and people online and people dialling in through Zoom, so it's not going to be the classical party."